NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MARCH 16, 2012 – At about 5:30 a.m. today, a man in his 20s was hit by a car on the 4200-block of West Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento. He was taken to a trauma center by ambulance and is reportedly in critical condition after receiving life-threatening injuries. According to the West [...]

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MARCH 16, 2012 – Yesterday evening, two vehicles were in a car chase and gunfight in West Sacramento. A bystander on the property of Trinity Presbyterian Church was injured with a gunshot wound to the face. The News-Ledger’s Daryl Fisher saw the two suspect vehicles turn north on Park Boulevard from Stone [...]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – March 7, 2012 — NEWS-LEDGER – Fashion show Everyone is invited to join the fun when Yolo County celebrities “strut their stuff” Thursday night, March 29th at the West Sacramento City Hall Galleria. Tickets for the Yolo County Children’s Alliance and Child Abuse Prevention Council annual celebrity fund raiser are [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – Popular Old Sacramento underground tours will resume on March 31st and continue through the fall. Old Sacramento streets were raised in the 1860s to protect the city from floods and tour participants can explore excavated foundations and enclosed pathways while listening to a tour guide explain how the raising was done. [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – The rubber track at River City High School is now open for public use during certain hours, for those who have an account with the city recreation department. Char Ghio, the school’s athletic director, told the News-Ledger that the policy is new. “It’s open Monday and Wednesday nights from 7:30-8:30 a.m., [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – Raley Field has announced the first of three “Mommy & Me” play dates at Raley Field stadium. This free event is open to kids six and under and their parents, from 10 a.m. to noon on March 14, weather permitting. Kids can run the bases, play catch, play in a bounce [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 7, 2012 – “Mayors for Meals” day is coming up on March 21 and other days in March, says the Elderly Nutrition Program of Yolo County. Mayors and city council members from throughout Yolo County will volunteer to deliver meals to homebound seniors (in the “Meals on Wheels” service) and [...]

We used to live behind these ponds. When they were drained and graded there were hundreds of shad in them. My understanding is that they ARE linked to the deep water channel directly and serve as an outlet to the channel when rain fall is too high. I could be wrong, but that is what the construction guys told me. I have caught bass, catfish, shad and bluegil […]